This lesson plan, based on the Arts and Entertainment documentary "Frontier Homes," consists of four segments which examine a style of historic dwelling built by settlers on the frontier: the post and beam structures built by English settlers in New England; the log houses constructed by pioneers on the forested frontier; sod houses…

Using primary documents, maps, and visual data, this lesson packet focuses on Martin Van Buren and his retirement home, Lindenwald, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. The lesson materials compliment classroom study of early 19th century politics by tracing the life of Martin Van Buren and his role in the Jacksonian Era. Included…

Scores of millions of dollars are spent annually in the United States for new school buildings. With this large. expenditure has come a general desire that schoolhouses shall be usable, healthful, comfortable, and beautiful. Educators and architects have united in devising plans for school buildings. This bureau has published a valuable bulletin…

The author outlines and extends the description of "taste cultures" offered by Gans, indicating the aesthetic standards supported by different social classes in American society and suggesting how these standards operate in the form, content, composition, and contextual relationships of American architecture. (Author/SJL)

The author, an architect, discusses how architecture can provide sources of content for the curriculum in general and the art program in particular. She views architecture as a way of organizing the built environment, important to understanding history, social sciences, and mathematics as well as art. (KC)

Presents an activity in which students were required to develop their own house plans, including finding the perimeter of the lot and house and calculating the total area of the house. (ASK)

Architects, group home administrators, people with mental retardation, family members of people with mental retardation, and college undergraduates substantially agreed in rating the homelikeness of 20 community residences for people with mental retardation. Clusters of physical features identified using an architectural inventory were found to be…

Describes a project with mixed ability learners attending Deacon's School (Peterborough, England). The project, which emphasized critical response to the built environment, involved students making "pop up cards" based on firsthand observation of local architecture. Students were encouraged to learn about art and design through reacting,…

College facilities management offers a wide variety of job opportunities and generally provides as lucrative benefits as are available to top college administrators and professors, usually without a need for advanced degrees. There are three primary career areas (engineering, architectural, business management) but a wide array of opportunities…

Presents an exerpt from the text and illustrations of "Building and Learning," an exhibition of the physical development of school buildings initiated to provide historical context for the "New Schools for New York" project by the Architectural League/Public Educational Association. The exerpt provides a sample of public…

Examines the need for the study of architecture and product design in the K-12 curriculum. Describes a model for an integrated design studio that promotes creativity. Recommends ways that people from the community can help in the classroom and suggests ways that art teachers can be trained. (KM)

Describes the Creswell Library of Islamic Art and Architecture, which is housed at the American University in Cairo. A history of the library collection and its founder, Sir Keppell Archibald Creswell, is presented; his cataloging system and controlled access to materials are described; and current plans for the library are discussed. (LRW)

A Native Canadian architect talks about his building projects, how they were influenced by his cultural traditions and the teachings and advice of the Elders, the spiritual nature of creativity, giving a building power by designing it as a living being, and linking tradition with the latest technological tools. (SV)

Explains that relief sculpture is three-dimensional and flat along the back with forms and figures projecting from the front. Describes an art activity for first- and second-grade students and another for middle school students to make relief sculptures focusing on the theme of architecture, and specifically, houses. (CMK)

Describes the building designs of 22 elementary schools, including their educational contexts and design goals. Includes information on size, construction costs, architects, and contractors. Also includes floor plans and photographs. (EV)